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The Ophidian Iconography Quest (Mundus Vetus & Mundus Novus, 2004 - present) |
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| Figure EUR-vat-073. The Dragon of Babylon, entwining a tree and being fed by Daniel with a pitch-cake beside an overturned fire-altar, the subject referred to in the Bible (Apocrypha), NRSV as follows: ◆ "Now in that place there was a great dragon [δράκον, drakon = "fabulous serpent/dragon" in Greek], which the Babylonians revered. The king said to Daniel, “You cannot deny that this is a living god; so worship him.” Daniel said, “I worship the Lord my God, for he is the living God. But give me permission, O king, and I will kill the dragon [δράκον, drakon] without sword or club.” The king said, “I give you permission.” Then Daniel took pitch, fat, and hair, and boiled them together and made cakes, which he fed to the dragon [δράκον, drakon]. The dragon [δράκον, drakon] ate them, and burst open. Then Daniel said, “See what you have been worshiping!”" (Bel and the Dragon 1: 23-27); Nahash (Serpent of the Garden of Eden) rearing on the ground beside the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil in the Paradise, flanked by Adam, covering his private parts with the leaf held by his left hand and reaching for the fruit (?) with his right and Eve, covering her private parts with the leaf held by her left hand and bringing the fruit to her mouth with her right. |
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| White marble | Low relief (Sarcophagus with Biblical scenes, lid, front panel, carved decoration, detail) | Unknown | Roman Imperial/ Early Christian, the age of Constantine the Great (r. 306-337 AD) and his succes-sors, 330-360 AD |
TBD | Musei Vaticani (Mu-seo Pio Cristiano), Vatican, Inventory № 31473 |
| Source-Image(s): The image(s) is/are from Alexei Alexeev's personal photo archive (The First Vatican Expedition, 29 March - 25 April 2015). All artefacts will be available for viewing in the Compendium's respective volumes after the completion of the fully integrated iconographic database. Some of the artefacts will be represented by several figures (offering a general view and details). |
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